Cassy O'Connor is the Tasmanian Greens Member for Denison. She supports creating a prosperous, low-carbon economy powered by renewable energy, and is a passionate voice for people with disabilities, refugees, children and marginalized Tasmanians.

The Liberal government must explain how it will ensure Forestry Tasmania moves to a self-supporting business model when the contingency fund public subsidies are removed from the 1st of July this year, said Greens Leader and Forests spokesperson Kim Booth MP.

Tasmanians who have been promised a redeveloped Royal Hobart Hospital for almost a decade now will be disappointed to hear that the Health Minister, Michael Ferguson, will spend $1 million out of the Health Budget to establish a Royal Hobart Redevelopment Rescue Taskforce which will take six months to report, Tasmanian Greens Shadow Health spokesperson, Cassy O’Connor MP, said today.

Premier Will Hodgman is under pressure to ensure Forestry Tasmania complies with requests for relevant data and information made by the Senate Committee inquiring into the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area minor boundary modification passed by the World Heritage Committee in June last year.

The Greens provide a real alternative to the tired, cynical politics of Labor and the Liberal party. Unlike the two old parties, The Greens have a proud (and Tasmanian) history of standing up for what is right, not just what is easy or what polls well.

The Greens are much more than an environmental party. While promoting meaningful and common-sense solutions to ensure future generations of Australians have clean air, clean water and clean soil, The Greens are also working in many other areas to champion integrity, decency and fairness.

As well as representing constituents, The Greens speak on behalf of those who wouldn’t otherwise get much of a say inside parliament: children, refugees, students, individuals and families living in poverty and, of course, our natural environment.